Acceptance...

So what's the big deal about life? Why is it so beautiful, crazy, adventuresome, daunting, amazing and incredible? How can it burst with sunshine only to be drenched by rain? Some days reality drips with tangible texture yet somehow seems simulataneously surreal? How is it possible that the one word capturing the complete multi-faceted complexity of our human existence be so elusive, just beyond the grasp of our comprehension and ability to absolutely define?

Quite truthfully, I don't know. Nor is it likely that I will ever fully know so long as my biological clock keeps time in Earth days. Yet, strangely, I take comfort in this realization, in this acceptance of the fact that I will never quite unlock all the mysteries of life...
I smile satisfied, knowing that despite all my exploring, wandering and peeking behind the dark doors of the universe that I will never exhaust life of her magical mysteries, not be deprived of the glorious chase of discovering...

Much love to all my friends and family from a city of contractions now encompassed with a dramatic fog that veils the moon, but hides not her glory...

Just Wondering

If fact forms fiction
then does reality create dreams?

Time Travel

It seems like I just take a breath and then come to find that it's MONTHS later and yet another chunk of my life has been marked absent by the passing of time. C'est la vie, I suppose. The one word summary of my summer is:

INCREDIBLE!

A few other words on the same topic:
Exciting
Restless
Sleep Deprived
Commitment
Passion
Drive
History
Change
Dreams
Reality
Beaches
Sunsets
Volleyball
Jezebelle (ocean front store in Venice)
Promenade
Cell Phones
Mojave
SpaceShipOne
X PRIZE
The New Race to Space
WTN X PRIZE
Thesis
Friendship
Burt Rutan
Mike Melvill
21 June
Community
Launch
Success
Triumph
Joy
Desire
Work
Satisfaction
Family
Scary
Adventure
Discovery
D.C.
Centennial Challenges
ISU Reunions
Learning
ISU
Nice
Strasbourg
Mediterranean
Phil & Jess
Wedding
Reno
Graduation
PCH
Roadtrips
Arizona...
Forget
Remember

So many things in just a few short months from working at the X PRIZE Foundation on lots of projects, seeing the 21 June launch that earned pilot Mike Melvill his astronaut wings, flying to D.C. for work and friends, the silly thesis and back to strasbourg by way of Nice with a salty sunburn from the Mediterranian making for crazy tanlines at the wedding I missed graduation for, only to be sent down the aisle early by the not-so-coordinated wedding coordinator before taking a roadtrip down the gorgeous PCH and onto my precious Arizona for breathtaking sunsets shared with lifelong friends, breakdowns and truckers on my way back to the Santa Monica Sun...